Breaking the Missional Code Your Church Can Become a Missionary in Your Community

by Stetzer, Ed; Putman, David

• ISBN13: 9781462790852
• ISBN10: 1462790852
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780805448948
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780805443592
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-02-01
• Publisher: B&H Academic
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Summary

Across North America, many pastors are excited to see churches growing as they achieve their mission to connect the message of the gospel with the community at large. Still others are equally frustrated, following the exact same model for outreach but with lesser results. Indeed, just because a "missional breakthrough" occurs in one place doesn’t mean it will happen the same way elsewhere.

One size does not fit all, but there are cultural codes that must be broken for all churches to grow and remain effective in their specific mission context. Breaking the Missional Code provides expert insight on church culture and church vision casting, plus case studies of successful missional churches impacting their communities.

"We have to recognize there are cultural barriers (in addition to spiritual ones) that blind people from understanding the gospel," the authors write. "Our task is to find the right way to break through those cultural barriers without removing the spiritual and theological ones."

Author Biography

Ed Stetzer is the Billy Graham Professor of Church, Mission, and Evangelism and executive director of The Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. 

David Putman is Lead Navigator for Auxano, a nonprofit church consulting firm in Houston, TX.